Michelle Houston
@mlhouston.bsky.social
Senior Commissioning Editor for Literature, Film, Theatre, Performance, Culture. Manchester University Press.
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Witty, wild and wonderfully Austen: an interview with author @devoney.bsky.social ahead of the publication of her new book, 'Wild for Austen': thesecretunderstandingofthehearts.blogspot.com/2025/09/witt...
Publishing this week! #JaneAusten #booksky
Publishing this week! #JaneAusten #booksky
WITTY, WILD AND WONDERFULLY AUSTEN: A CONVERSATION WITH DEVONEY LOOSER
Just when you thought you knew everything about Jane Austen—her novels, her needlework, her famously “quiet” life—along comes a book that ...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Witty, wild and wonderfully Austen: an interview with author @devoney.bsky.social ahead of the publication of her new book, 'Wild for Austen': thesecretunderstandingofthehearts.blogspot.com/2025/09/witt...
Publishing this week! #JaneAusten #booksky
Publishing this week! #JaneAusten #booksky
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We're excited to announce the launch of Foundations of Horror Studies, a brand new series from Manchester University Press.
This series explores key concepts, critical trends, and historical developments within global #HorrorStudies
Find out more ⬇️
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This series explores key concepts, critical trends, and historical developments within global #HorrorStudies
Find out more ⬇️
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/found...
May 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Amazingly, my book is ready and will be out soon! I am so excited and so grateful to everyone who has made it possible. Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social it will be open access as well as a beautiful paperback. Thanks as well to @hsmurphy.bsky.social @jillburke.bsky.social and many others.
ANNOUNCING 🔔
'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - prev. winner of @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 💎
What happens when you see skin differently?
@bristoluni.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - prev. winner of @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 💎
What happens when you see skin differently?
@bristoluni.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Amazingly, my book is ready and will be out soon! I am so excited and so grateful to everyone who has made it possible. Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social it will be open access as well as a beautiful paperback. Thanks as well to @hsmurphy.bsky.social @jillburke.bsky.social and many others.
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Exciting news! 📢 The first book in our brand-new series Multiplexities: Popular Screen Cultures is here!
🎬 Screening Sherlock by James Chapman
🔗 bit.ly/3YdPadz
Discover more about the series: bit.ly/3XlKQth
@mlhouston.bsky.social
🎬 Screening Sherlock by James Chapman
🔗 bit.ly/3YdPadz
Discover more about the series: bit.ly/3XlKQth
@mlhouston.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Exciting news! 📢 The first book in our brand-new series Multiplexities: Popular Screen Cultures is here!
🎬 Screening Sherlock by James Chapman
🔗 bit.ly/3YdPadz
Discover more about the series: bit.ly/3XlKQth
@mlhouston.bsky.social
🎬 Screening Sherlock by James Chapman
🔗 bit.ly/3YdPadz
Discover more about the series: bit.ly/3XlKQth
@mlhouston.bsky.social
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Attending #BAFTSS2025 conference later this week?
Visit our stand to,
▶️Chat to Editor @mlhouston.bsky.social
▶️Browse books
▶️Discover new series
Not attending?
Check out our #Film, #TVStudies and #MediaStudies reading list 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/01...
@baftss2025.bsky.social
Visit our stand to,
▶️Chat to Editor @mlhouston.bsky.social
▶️Browse books
▶️Discover new series
Not attending?
Check out our #Film, #TVStudies and #MediaStudies reading list 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/01...
@baftss2025.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Attending #BAFTSS2025 conference later this week?
Visit our stand to,
▶️Chat to Editor @mlhouston.bsky.social
▶️Browse books
▶️Discover new series
Not attending?
Check out our #Film, #TVStudies and #MediaStudies reading list 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/01...
@baftss2025.bsky.social
Visit our stand to,
▶️Chat to Editor @mlhouston.bsky.social
▶️Browse books
▶️Discover new series
Not attending?
Check out our #Film, #TVStudies and #MediaStudies reading list 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/01...
@baftss2025.bsky.social
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As the far right has gained popularity, women have joined their ranks in droves.
In 'Pink-pilled', journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women.
In 'Pink-pilled', journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women.
February 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
As the far right has gained popularity, women have joined their ranks in droves.
In 'Pink-pilled', journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women.
In 'Pink-pilled', journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women.
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New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
University Reimagined - Manchester University Press
The University Reimagined series offers a home for fresh ideas about higher education and innovative solutions to the challenges it faces, both within the UK and internationally.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
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New article co-written with Tom Davies in this month’s History Today.
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist....
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist....
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
www.historytoday.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:03 PM
New article co-written with Tom Davies in this month’s History Today.
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist....
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist....
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Delighted to share with you our brand new Spring/Summer 2025 trade catalogue.
Browse our books publishing March - August 2025 here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues/
Feat. new books by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social, @drhelenkara.bsky.social, @emmahcasey.bsky.social & @markhussey.bsky.social.
Browse our books publishing March - August 2025 here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues/
Feat. new books by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social, @drhelenkara.bsky.social, @emmahcasey.bsky.social & @markhussey.bsky.social.
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Delighted to share with you our brand new Spring/Summer 2025 trade catalogue.
Browse our books publishing March - August 2025 here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues/
Feat. new books by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social, @drhelenkara.bsky.social, @emmahcasey.bsky.social & @markhussey.bsky.social.
Browse our books publishing March - August 2025 here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogues/
Feat. new books by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social, @drhelenkara.bsky.social, @emmahcasey.bsky.social & @markhussey.bsky.social.
Be in touch with suggestions!
New book Series from Manchester University Press, ‘Reading the Gothic’. Send us your ideas for short-form volumes on single Gothic fictions, films, etc manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/11...
Series spotlight - Reading the gothic - Manchester University Press
Introducing a brand new series from Manchester University Press, Reading the Gothic. The series includes reader-friendly guidebooks, dedicated to specific ‘masterworks’ in Gothic fiction and film, aim...
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November 14, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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"Comyns’s work has been overlooked; some of her books are long out of print. Avril Horner’s biography seeks to redress this, chronicling a fascinating life"
Great to see 'Barbara Comyns' by Avril Horner in @theindependent.bsky.social's best biographies and memoirs of 2024 list: tinyurl.com/y2n548xd
Great to see 'Barbara Comyns' by Avril Horner in @theindependent.bsky.social's best biographies and memoirs of 2024 list: tinyurl.com/y2n548xd
The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy
Catch up on 2024’s most illuminating life stories, encompassing tales of recovery, literary feuds and devastating betrayal, with Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of the best memoirs and biographies
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November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
"Comyns’s work has been overlooked; some of her books are long out of print. Avril Horner’s biography seeks to redress this, chronicling a fascinating life"
Great to see 'Barbara Comyns' by Avril Horner in @theindependent.bsky.social's best biographies and memoirs of 2024 list: tinyurl.com/y2n548xd
Great to see 'Barbara Comyns' by Avril Horner in @theindependent.bsky.social's best biographies and memoirs of 2024 list: tinyurl.com/y2n548xd